Foramina of the Skull (Visual mnemonic)

The skull has numerous holes (foramina) through which various cranial nerves, arteries, veins and other structures pass. To aid learning of these important foramina, I have created this visual mnemonic.

Just as a small edit: The 5th CN does not involve the eye per se, it has more to do with sensory information of the face. It does have other functions, but all sensitive, nothing involving motor functions (as for instance CN's 3, 4 and 6). Feel free to re

Hey Guillermo, thanks for the post! My comment 'has something to do with the eye' is true in that CN5 does innervate the cornea and conjunctiva, but you're correct in that it has no EOM innervation. The aim for the mnemonic was simplicity; next time I wil